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Medical coding applications are a “big productivity boost,” says Pamela Biffle, president of PB Healthcare Consulting. While you can only do coding tasks so many ways, Biffle said what&...
Despite research that shows current methods of healthcare reimbursement don't encourage efficiency and efficacy in treating chronic conditions, a new study finds little has been done to bring innovati...
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – While The Trizetto Group edges toward a June 30 shareholder vote on plans to go private, the company has been keeping busy with a flurry of new deals.The Newport Bea...
LOS ANGELES – L.A. Care Health Plan’s board is expected to approve individual community clinic awards totaling $2 million for the adoption of health information technology through its HIT...
LAS VEGAS – The key to preventing healthcare fraud and embezzlement is strong internal controls that target all levels of employment, according to an expert.According to Angela Morelock...
Based on results of an annual study conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), hospitals are expected to spend about 3 percent of their budgets on healthcare infor...
HARTFORD, CT – Payers need to re-engineer and restructure their legacy systems to adequately handle rising inflation, healthcare spending, employer pressure to reduce premiums and marketplace pr...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs to do a better job monitoring the billions of dollars it provides in supplemental payments through the Medicaid program, according to a recent repo...
Patients paying with plastic find themselves in debtThe latest issue of Consumer Reports looks at how some patients, after being encouraged and sometimes pressured to use their credit card...
HEALTHCARE PAYMENT models around the world are changing as government and private payers wrestle with the challenge of controlling costs without compromising either access to care or quality of treatm...